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what is going on is that the owner expects to merge his 800 square feet unit with mr. hyman's unit. i have viewed mr. hyman's unit and the outside of the property and to do such a merger would require the moving of walls and the moving of a staircase. if the units are merged and this becomes a single family home, it will lose its rent controlled status under the rent ordinance. mr. hyman would be subject to a rent increase without limitation that he could not afford. his rent could be or could go as high as $10,000, maybe more. in addition, if this building were to become a single family home, mr. hyman would be... a owner move in eviction. protection tenants in multiunits could not be evict but single family homes are exempt from that requirement. in addition, it is difficult for an owner who lives in the same building as the tenant to do an owner move in eviction due to the good faith requirements of the rent ordinance as it seems suspicious, why is the owner trying to move into the tenant's unit when he already occupies a unit in the same building? >> the owner claims that he has
what is going on is that the owner expects to merge his 800 square feet unit with mr. hyman's unit. i have viewed mr. hyman's unit and the outside of the property and to do such a merger would require the moving of walls and the moving of a staircase. if the units are merged and this becomes a single family home, it will lose its rent controlled status under the rent ordinance. mr. hyman would be subject to a rent increase without limitation that he could not afford. his rent could be or could...
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countries at the time and the and the united states the technology and the support the u.n. security council blocked any condemnation of iraq so you know the crimes that have been created against humanity when it come is really we have to look to europe in the united states to see the real culprits and while whereas the iranians have never engaged in an attack iran even never even used chemical weapons when chemical weapons were used against iran iran never you can produce chemical weapons so i think that at the end of the day it's quite obvious that the united states its policy towards iran is. base upon an irrational form of hatred and i think that unless people begin to speak out against this sort of policy the united states may once again attempt to drag the region into a greater crisis the iranians don't believe that the united states will attack iran again because the united states is on the decline they have economic crises in europe in the united states people are tired of war but pushing for greater confrontation at a time when the home middle east is in political u
countries at the time and the and the united states the technology and the support the u.n. security council blocked any condemnation of iraq so you know the crimes that have been created against humanity when it come is really we have to look to europe in the united states to see the real culprits and while whereas the iranians have never engaged in an attack iran even never even used chemical weapons when chemical weapons were used against iran iran never you can produce chemical weapons so i...
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the units. okay? there is no address permits because we actually have the map that shows all of the legal addresses. so in 1949, the owner builder, this is the legal address there is only one. the owner builder mr. grady comes in and pulls a permit for two units legal, two units existing, only one address and calls it a dry rot permit. and let's repair front. and it is a dry rot on the front steps and the city signs off, comes out, and basically says, nice try. it is not a world war ii grandpa fathered unit based in on a address it is a single family dwelling and it says 5 r residential run story plus basement one family dwelling. i went in there again today to double check with patty who is in charge of microfilm to go over this process. this cfc is the birth certificate of the building. it is everything. it is everything that i deal with the building department, cfcs control unless there is a subsequent cfc. so, and there were other ways that you could have fixed this. it could have come in la
the units. okay? there is no address permits because we actually have the map that shows all of the legal addresses. so in 1949, the owner builder, this is the legal address there is only one. the owner builder mr. grady comes in and pulls a permit for two units legal, two units existing, only one address and calls it a dry rot permit. and let's repair front. and it is a dry rot on the front steps and the city signs off, comes out, and basically says, nice try. it is not a world war ii grandpa...
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the unit from them because we could not sell the unit. it's just ridiculous what the financing situation is -- forced us to do. they're our friends. what are we going to do. plan c doesn't solve everything but i think it does a lot for people in our situation. thank you. >> chair wiener: thank you very much. next speaker. >> my name's cole, i'm a t.i.c. owner occupier in the lower haight. it's a three unit building with one unit that's occupied. if this legislation passes i see three things happening with that building. myself and the other owner will have to get a good secure hopefully 30 year loan at 3% rather than the 6% we're currently paying. making life much easier for us, making it ease wh easier for usy in the city. the tenant occupied unit, the tenant will be given a lifetime lease. she's a lawyer, will have no -- enforcing that. the organization will get 145,000 from the quers. -- conversion. san francisco is famous for looking after its minorities. please give a little bit back to the middle and support the condo bypass. >> cha
the unit from them because we could not sell the unit. it's just ridiculous what the financing situation is -- forced us to do. they're our friends. what are we going to do. plan c doesn't solve everything but i think it does a lot for people in our situation. thank you. >> chair wiener: thank you very much. next speaker. >> my name's cole, i'm a t.i.c. owner occupier in the lower haight. it's a three unit building with one unit that's occupied. if this legislation passes i see...
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into his unit. we don't need to go destroy the whole building. destroying the whole building, however, let me state a lot of the misrepresentations have to be looked at. for example, look at the scope of work in the amount of work that they declare on the permit. they declared that there is going to be only $3,000 in work. i asked you to show them the drawings that they have. they had to say that because they had to make the planning department believe that there was very little work here. it looks like a single family home, it exists as a single family home and there is removing a wet bar, and removing a kitchen and that is all there is to it. the property holder himself stated to you that he in effect evicting himself. i ask you to consider the amount of money that he is going to spend, the fact that he is going to have to find a new place to live and he is doing it all for a tenant who is rent controlled. i just have to ask, whether that makes sense. if they were to get a second unit applied for,
into his unit. we don't need to go destroy the whole building. destroying the whole building, however, let me state a lot of the misrepresentations have to be looked at. for example, look at the scope of work in the amount of work that they declare on the permit. they declared that there is going to be only $3,000 in work. i asked you to show them the drawings that they have. they had to say that because they had to make the planning department believe that there was very little work here. it...
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unit. when it converted the composition of the housing stock is not affected only the mechanism of ownership but this is important. ting t.i.c. results in more flexibility. housing stock is improved as --- physical system awch as plumbing and wiring are brought up to code. while affordable housing stock is scarce in san francisco, for rental, affordable housing for purchase is also very scarce. and t.i.c. or condo is the most affordable type of owner housing. increasing the housing stock is critical for both rental and owner housing. last friday the chronicle indicated that several thousand apartments are in the pipeline for delivery over the next three years. less than 10% of these will be available to be converted to condos. while many of the apartments will be outrageously priced there will be some move-up renters which should open some apartments. only about a third of san franciscans own their homes and two-thirds nationally own their home. this indicates a backlog of demand for home o
unit. when it converted the composition of the housing stock is not affected only the mechanism of ownership but this is important. ting t.i.c. results in more flexibility. housing stock is improved as --- physical system awch as plumbing and wiring are brought up to code. while affordable housing stock is scarce in san francisco, for rental, affordable housing for purchase is also very scarce. and t.i.c. or condo is the most affordable type of owner housing. increasing the housing stock is...
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in europe in the united states people are tired of war. pushing for greater confrontation at a time when the home middle east is in political uproar is something that no sensible leader would pursue yet we so far we have no we see no sign that the united states wants to behave more humanely towards iran and more reasonably go ahead jump in. to syria. syria so i was in syria i did research and see how nice that is syria to i think i think there is no doubt that one of the. syrian war is exasperates iran iraq iran. is iran your support for the regime i think there is no doubt about that. i grew up in these two most notorious governments of. harmony i think. i think where we're talking about democratic they said democratic go is iran is a democratic government i think if you if you guardian council from the beginning if you are not supporting this law macleod they will just they will strip you away from the election second of all i think many in the constitution he did the president is not the powerful person in the country the powerful and a
in europe in the united states people are tired of war. pushing for greater confrontation at a time when the home middle east is in political uproar is something that no sensible leader would pursue yet we so far we have no we see no sign that the united states wants to behave more humanely towards iran and more reasonably go ahead jump in. to syria. syria so i was in syria i did research and see how nice that is syria to i think i think there is no doubt that one of the. syrian war is...
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in europe in the united states people are tired of war. pushing for greater confrontation at a time when the home middle east is in political uproar is something that no sensible leader would pursue yet we so far we have no we see no sign that the united states wants to behave more humanely towards iran and more reasonably go ahead jump in. the syria. syria so i was in syria i did research syria to i think i think there is no doubt that one of the. syrian war is exasperates iran iraq iran. is iran iran your support for the regime i think there is no doubt about that. i grew up in these two most notorious governments of. harmony i think. i think where we're talking about democratic they said democratic god is iran is a democratic government i think if you if you're a guardian council from the beginning if you're not supporting this law macleod they were just they were stripping away from the election second of all i think many in the constitution he did the president is not the powerful person in the country they're powerful as many he has
in europe in the united states people are tired of war. pushing for greater confrontation at a time when the home middle east is in political uproar is something that no sensible leader would pursue yet we so far we have no we see no sign that the united states wants to behave more humanely towards iran and more reasonably go ahead jump in. the syria. syria so i was in syria i did research syria to i think i think there is no doubt that one of the. syrian war is exasperates iran iraq iran. is...
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, the united nations, that the u.s. will feel comfortable in using some military force. >> but when our interests and values are at stake we have a responsibility to act. that's what's happened in libya over the course of these last six weeks. >> but the intervention in libya ruffled feathers in russia and china. both nations accused nato of pursuing a political agenda rather than a humanitarian one. >> it's been a very divisive issue. you have the europeans and the united states seeing it as a very clear-cut victory for the u.n. the russians, the chinese, the south africans, even though the south africans supported intervention, but, uh, the brazilians, the indians, have been much less, uh, supportive of, of the whole outcome that they have ceded as a sort of a, as a violation of the principle of responsibility to protect. >> both, uh, russia and china have used that not to go along with tougher u.n. sanctions on, on syria. uh, you clever fellows tricked us on the libyan thing. you didn't talk about regime change, you
, the united nations, that the u.s. will feel comfortable in using some military force. >> but when our interests and values are at stake we have a responsibility to act. that's what's happened in libya over the course of these last six weeks. >> but the intervention in libya ruffled feathers in russia and china. both nations accused nato of pursuing a political agenda rather than a humanitarian one. >> it's been a very divisive issue. you have the europeans and the united...
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does that mean forth united states? looking back on if now, 24, 25, 26 months, there is a real security issues that have arisen here that are evolving that we have to address. >> rose: define them. >> we have porous borders. we have a proliferation of weapons that have arisen out of the breakdown of these governments, especially from libya. we have. >> rose: in fact some of the libyan islamists have gone to mali. >> they have, right. >> and we have-- they were from there originally and have gone back to mali but with weapons. >> you have less counterterrorism pressure on them, because these governments have changed over, and the counterterrorism forces aren't as experienced. they don't have the same kinds of laws that were in place before. we're having to reestablish relationships with them. and you have these groups being networked in some of them now claiming al qaeda, al qaeda connections. and all of this combines, and last, to, you have an expanding amount of ungoverned space. and we talked about ungoverned space a
does that mean forth united states? looking back on if now, 24, 25, 26 months, there is a real security issues that have arisen here that are evolving that we have to address. >> rose: define them. >> we have porous borders. we have a proliferation of weapons that have arisen out of the breakdown of these governments, especially from libya. we have. >> rose: in fact some of the libyan islamists have gone to mali. >> they have, right. >> and we have-- they were from...
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they have had warnings from the former comptroller of the united states that the u.s. is now two years away from that greece was when it had its crisis and then europe is totally broke and hopeless who just spain just pulls another records in instead the highest that accumulation of addition in one hundred years italy is out of control there isn't any improvement in the economic side and so nothing is under control whether it's another currency war or the basement in order to reduce the debt burden in real terms rethink money printing is going to continue on the massive scale and b. don't think that those currencies the dollar the euro the yen and stone actually for that matter and to some extent the global currency is across the board the safe store of value anymore because of that ok where do you jump in on this ok i mean people are talking about a new bubble here i mean i got to tell you there's an old. well i mean there's an old line you know when writing a dead horse dismount and in the united states we continue to print this money and let's not forget the united
they have had warnings from the former comptroller of the united states that the u.s. is now two years away from that greece was when it had its crisis and then europe is totally broke and hopeless who just spain just pulls another records in instead the highest that accumulation of addition in one hundred years italy is out of control there isn't any improvement in the economic side and so nothing is under control whether it's another currency war or the basement in order to reduce the debt...
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hyman's unit will remain as a separate rent controlled unit and that mr. hyman could not be evicted unless there is a good cause reason under the rent ordinance and the reason is not a no-fault eviction, he cannot evicted for an ellis act for illegal unit and the fact that he is turning this into condos or that somehow he is by living in his unit it is there for somehow illegally using this unit for whatever reason it is not considered a separate single unit. they have, in fact, admitted that they planned to do rent increases. if this were... mr. zaches just said on the record that they were going to increase his rent. as a single family home the rent could be increased without limitation whatsoever. mr. hyman could go to paying five times his rent. and this would be a defacto eviction. >> we would have him stipulate no rent increase. and we ask that this board as a condition of approving these permits, if they are not going to deny them, that the owner put on the record he will not do any sort of no-fault eviction on my client and will be or abide by the
hyman's unit will remain as a separate rent controlled unit and that mr. hyman could not be evicted unless there is a good cause reason under the rent ordinance and the reason is not a no-fault eviction, he cannot evicted for an ellis act for illegal unit and the fact that he is turning this into condos or that somehow he is by living in his unit it is there for somehow illegally using this unit for whatever reason it is not considered a separate single unit. they have, in fact, admitted that...
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you know what kind of message is the united states sending the world. well it's not a good message at all i mean some people really approve off and some people don't really care less and there's a lot of confusion of by to but certainly i find in europe that there's a lot of the sound a lot of complaints about what the united states is doing with what the cia is doing and i think is one of my real worries really is what's going on in the united states know this seems to be a change in presidential powers and the seem to be not you know who seem to be limitless of the moment and one example was when the libyan war would if you want to call it a war when when the libyan when the obama sent drones into libya. he didn't go back to congress under sixty days as he should have done under the war powers resolution and hurrell co his chief lawyer said well there was no commitment to american troops on the ground so we didn't need to does this mean the president can just go off killing people who to war war powers resolution all those sort of constraints that are
you know what kind of message is the united states sending the world. well it's not a good message at all i mean some people really approve off and some people don't really care less and there's a lot of confusion of by to but certainly i find in europe that there's a lot of the sound a lot of complaints about what the united states is doing with what the cia is doing and i think is one of my real worries really is what's going on in the united states know this seems to be a change in...
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it will mean cutbacks in the unit, it will mean increases in our delays and increases in unit costs. we will have to cut back training, particularly for non-deployed units, and that will lead to actions such as about two-thirds of the army combat and brigade teams being at unacceptable levels by the end of the year excluding those actually deployed in afghanistan. most air force units that aren't deployed would be at the below level acceptance levels. cutbacks in the marine corps and deployments. you've already seen we decided to take a few were carrier in the gulf. unfortunately, how long would this long list of items have to do if sequestration and the cr last all year are furloughs for the civilian personnel. we feel we don't have any choice but to impose furloughs although we would much prefer not to do it. for more than 20 percent short on onm with seven months ago, much higher in some of the service is particularly the army come civilian personnel to make up a substantial part of the dod stifel funding. we can't do reductions at this point in the year they cost us money in this
it will mean cutbacks in the unit, it will mean increases in our delays and increases in unit costs. we will have to cut back training, particularly for non-deployed units, and that will lead to actions such as about two-thirds of the army combat and brigade teams being at unacceptable levels by the end of the year excluding those actually deployed in afghanistan. most air force units that aren't deployed would be at the below level acceptance levels. cutbacks in the marine corps and...
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countries at the time and the and the united states the technology and the support the u.n. security council blocked any condemnation of iraq so you know the crimes that have been created against humanity when it come is really we have to look to europe in the united states to see the real culprits and while it wears the iranians have never engaged in an attack iran even never even used chemical weapons when chemical weapons were used against iran iran never you can produce chemical weapons so i think that at the end of the day it's quite obvious that the united states its policy towards iran is. base upon an irrational form of hatred and i think that unless people begin to speak out against this sort of policy the united states may once again attempt to drag the region into a greater crisis the iranians don't believe that the united states will attack iran again because the united states is on the decline they have economic crises in europe in the united states people are tired of war but pushing for greater confrontation at a time when the home middle east is in political
countries at the time and the and the united states the technology and the support the u.n. security council blocked any condemnation of iraq so you know the crimes that have been created against humanity when it come is really we have to look to europe in the united states to see the real culprits and while it wears the iranians have never engaged in an attack iran even never even used chemical weapons when chemical weapons were used against iran iran never you can produce chemical weapons so...
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military but on the other on the other hand i mean i note that police helicopters in the united states could be but are not weaponized we've had the technology both helicopters and army helicopters for some fifty years and as a policy decision police helicopters in the united states have not been weaponized so i think that that counters the to some extent of the possible becoming reality ok ray is that comfort for you. you know it's really more a question of how they're already being used now i think chris use for this same solemn oath when you get out of the u.s. military academy but when i was commissioned a second lieutenant the united states army i took a solemn oath to support and defend the constitution the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic i take that both very seriously it has no expiration date the fifth amendment of our constitution says and i quote no person doesn't say no american does it say no citizen says no person shall be deprived of life liberty or property without due process of law and for the executive in this country now to reverse seven hundr
military but on the other on the other hand i mean i note that police helicopters in the united states could be but are not weaponized we've had the technology both helicopters and army helicopters for some fifty years and as a policy decision police helicopters in the united states have not been weaponized so i think that that counters the to some extent of the possible becoming reality ok ray is that comfort for you. you know it's really more a question of how they're already being used now i...
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it will boost the local economy and add 34 housing units with a good mix of studios, one and two units with over half suitable for families. it will add 4 bmr units on site to better housing into the community and will limit parking to 0.5 spaces per unit to promote public transportation over vehicles. it will have at least 25 bikes stall to promote modes of transportation and will add a dramatic restaurant space to a prominent corner to activate the pedestrian realm as well as close an empty stretch of retail. it will be environmentally sensitive by integrating the storm water capbility into the landscape feature of the building. it will create high density housing in a transit rich location that has more than a dozen cities and regional mass transit lines nearby. in terms of out reach, the project enjoys broad support. we have strong letters of support from the neighborhood association and the housing action coalition, and we have the support of our neighbors at 300 across the street. we ask for your support of this project today as recommended by the planning department. we believe
it will boost the local economy and add 34 housing units with a good mix of studios, one and two units with over half suitable for families. it will add 4 bmr units on site to better housing into the community and will limit parking to 0.5 spaces per unit to promote public transportation over vehicles. it will have at least 25 bikes stall to promote modes of transportation and will add a dramatic restaurant space to a prominent corner to activate the pedestrian realm as well as close an empty...
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the military in the united states is in play. not just the aircraft carrier and intelligence and the navy, it is also flight hours. having to cut down what the air force personnel can do. and even deployments for troops overseas. unable to sort of, perhaps, transfer and transfer personnel out there. people would have to have longer deployments. . the whole thing doesn't make sense when viewed from outside. >>> now, another big headline, from this week, we saw a report coming out, detailing chinese attacks, chinese military cyber attacks on u.s. targets. 140 targets. this is from the "new york times." its focus is on companies involved in the critical infrastructure of the united states. according to security researchers one target was a company with remote access to more than 60% of oil and gas pipelines in north america. it drew the attention of the former cia mike hagen. >> there are a lots of way we can make this relation less comfortable to them. if this is important, then you got to start taking some actions. >> congressman
the military in the united states is in play. not just the aircraft carrier and intelligence and the navy, it is also flight hours. having to cut down what the air force personnel can do. and even deployments for troops overseas. unable to sort of, perhaps, transfer and transfer personnel out there. people would have to have longer deployments. . the whole thing doesn't make sense when viewed from outside. >>> now, another big headline, from this week, we saw a report coming out,...
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countries at the time and the and the united states the technology and the support the u.n. security council blocked any condemnation of iraq so the crimes that have been created against humanity when it come is really we have to look to europe in the united states to see the real culprits and while whereas the iranians have never engaged in an attack iran even never even used chemical weapons when chemical weapons were used against iran iran never you can produce chemical weapons so i think that at the end of the day it's quite obvious that the united states its policy towards iran is based upon. an irrational form of hatred and i think that unless people begin to speak out against this sort of policy the united states may once again attempt to drag the region into a greater crisis the iranians don't believe that the united states will attack iran again because the united states is on the decline we have economic crises in europe in the united states people are tired of war but pushing for greater confrontation at a time when the home middle east is in political uproar is s
countries at the time and the and the united states the technology and the support the u.n. security council blocked any condemnation of iraq so the crimes that have been created against humanity when it come is really we have to look to europe in the united states to see the real culprits and while whereas the iranians have never engaged in an attack iran even never even used chemical weapons when chemical weapons were used against iran iran never you can produce chemical weapons so i think...
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the united states have been talking to beijing for years but it was this very narrow kind of dialogue very focused on grievance american grievances toward china and what china was going to need to do to to bring itself in line with american preferences nixon and kissinger flip that on its head they said we are going to convey to the chinese both in words and in actions that we we accept the people's republic of china and on that basis the rest of these issues can be taken care of that's what enabled this dramatic turn in american diplomacy toward china that's what we need to do toward the islamic republic of iran to accept it and then to back that up with concrete actions in terms of rolling back covert action programs in terms of stopping economic warfare against iran but what are the chances for diplomacy i mean iran is surrounded by u.s. military bases by nato patriot missiles they have to sanctions that are crippling the rate in economy it seems there's more ground for blackmail now than for diplomacy unfortunately i think that is the american hope that we can still force coerced
the united states have been talking to beijing for years but it was this very narrow kind of dialogue very focused on grievance american grievances toward china and what china was going to need to do to to bring itself in line with american preferences nixon and kissinger flip that on its head they said we are going to convey to the chinese both in words and in actions that we we accept the people's republic of china and on that basis the rest of these issues can be taken care of that's what...
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united states are making together. i can only speak to a question about a footprint in pakistan and certainly i think a lighter footprint there in terms of drum strikes -- drum strikes would be better. drum strikes are not seen as operationally project david pakistan. we see them as a direct violation of our sovereignty and we also see them as a violation of international law. so yes, it may be a precision tool that may have these days, but believe me, we have been working together in the past as well to degrade and destroy and diminish al qaeda ranks and i am appreciative of those senator kerry and ambassador olson's remarks that pakistan's cooperation has been vital in doing so and i think while we move towards diminishing al qaeda ranks and certainly i region, the time for drone strikes is so very. oneok >> i have a question of hillary clinton. [inaudible] >> as i think a question very close to my heart and obviously secretary clinton, we do appreciate her for the work she's done. it's invaluable and i think she's t
united states are making together. i can only speak to a question about a footprint in pakistan and certainly i think a lighter footprint there in terms of drum strikes -- drum strikes would be better. drum strikes are not seen as operationally project david pakistan. we see them as a direct violation of our sovereignty and we also see them as a violation of international law. so yes, it may be a precision tool that may have these days, but believe me, we have been working together in the past...
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hyman rented his unit the building consisted of three rental units all being rented to tenants. >> i would like to ask mr. hyman to give a statement about how this merger will effect him. >> hello. my name is ralph hyman and i have been hiv positive for over 20 years and i have lived at 227 douglass since june of 2007 i have the flexibility in my job because of my condition and the side effects of other health conditions resulting from that forces me to work at home and i go home when i need to due to fatigue. moving two effect my life, with an increased financial burden it would be hard for me financially to find a similar living situation especially i have a service dog. and would create stress in finding a new place and i have the inbility to actually do the move physically. although, the permits do not involve my units, this would need to be extensive work around me including the moving of walls and stairs, and since i often work at home, i would have not be able to live through this work. the landlord told me that i would have to vacate during this construction period and given
hyman rented his unit the building consisted of three rental units all being rented to tenants. >> i would like to ask mr. hyman to give a statement about how this merger will effect him. >> hello. my name is ralph hyman and i have been hiv positive for over 20 years and i have lived at 227 douglass since june of 2007 i have the flexibility in my job because of my condition and the side effects of other health conditions resulting from that forces me to work at home and i go home...
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explain this has nothing to this has nothing to do with the united states the united states has made loud and clear that it really wants to take a neutral position regarding think iowa. the rebalancing towards the asia pacific is one issue and say kochadaiiyaan the dispute is another what the united states has declared is that whilst they are a neutral party in these in these tense disputes if japan feels obliged to take some kind of military action or react in some way the u.s. japan alliance kicks in and then the united states we wouldn't. align itself with japan ok minus let me go and get that to ok but the u.s. is involved then ok very much involved let's go to philadelphia what do you think here we got to the pivot real early in this program i'm glad go ahead lynn go ahead well i would respectfully disagree with that assessment because i think the u.s. is really behind this dispute the u.s. is playing off japan's fear of falling behind china or losing is primacy in asia and is also playing off the fear of other nation asian nations towards a resurgent china such as vietnam the p
explain this has nothing to this has nothing to do with the united states the united states has made loud and clear that it really wants to take a neutral position regarding think iowa. the rebalancing towards the asia pacific is one issue and say kochadaiiyaan the dispute is another what the united states has declared is that whilst they are a neutral party in these in these tense disputes if japan feels obliged to take some kind of military action or react in some way the u.s. japan alliance...
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it's the same for the united states. as long as the mops can clean it up, pardon the pun, of we have until they feel the weapon and that means we have quite a bit of time. that's not to say they will have a problem with what the government is doing. while i always do not like the way the israeli government does it, i recognize israel has played a very important role in keeping international focus on iran. had they not done that over the last 10 years, the world would have forgotten about them along time ago and we would be living with a nuclear iraq. >> it suggests one trigger may be the removal of material. >> let me do the two questions in the same order. ken's right. in simple terms, a proposal on the table to iran, which essentially does what iran continues to claim that it once -- wants, is not capitulation in my view. it's something we can live with particularly if we both agreed, as we do, on the value of inspections and the strengthening of the inspection system. let me leave it there. following the various cours
it's the same for the united states. as long as the mops can clean it up, pardon the pun, of we have until they feel the weapon and that means we have quite a bit of time. that's not to say they will have a problem with what the government is doing. while i always do not like the way the israeli government does it, i recognize israel has played a very important role in keeping international focus on iran. had they not done that over the last 10 years, the world would have forgotten about them...
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it centers on the need for the united states to continue to have a presence throughout latin america and that is at the base of it secondly there's domestic policy concerns which make it very difficult for the obama administration to shift its policy gil kerlikowske the u.s. drug czar. announced famously early on in the obama administration that the drug war was no more that the united states did not like that metaphor however american drug policy has not shifted release and any significant way in the first obama administration or first obama term and it doesn't now and it appear to be shipping out yet i mean does this signal that that is not going to shift anytime soon not in his second term either know it won't be shifting and what happens is the location of the u.s. military involvement in latin america shift so we previously saw a massive involvement in colombia through a program called plan colombia a plan colombia brought billions of dollars of u.s. military a american forces both the military and the g.a.a. were stationed there and helped train the colombians and bring them in
it centers on the need for the united states to continue to have a presence throughout latin america and that is at the base of it secondly there's domestic policy concerns which make it very difficult for the obama administration to shift its policy gil kerlikowske the u.s. drug czar. announced famously early on in the obama administration that the drug war was no more that the united states did not like that metaphor however american drug policy has not shifted release and any significant way...
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we suspect it wasn't this unit not the unit we wrote about, a different group. we suspect that they were looking for sources of stories that david, one of my colleagues wrote about the chinese. we don't know that for a fact but just looking at the patterns -- right. series of pieces about the former prime minister and his family fortune, very sensitive issue in china. but there have been other cases in recent times where they have gone after foreign policy elite of the united states. there was a fascinating attack on the council and foreign relations here in new york where the attack wasn't really aimed at getting material out of the counsel's computer systems, most of what's in there is opening available. probably be perfectly delayed if the chinese went and read it all. but instead it's what's called a water hole attack. think of animals coming to the watering hole. in this case the animals of the foreign policy elite, they see who is coming and they follow them back home to their home computers. a fascinating element. there were aspects of the -- institute an
we suspect it wasn't this unit not the unit we wrote about, a different group. we suspect that they were looking for sources of stories that david, one of my colleagues wrote about the chinese. we don't know that for a fact but just looking at the patterns -- right. series of pieces about the former prime minister and his family fortune, very sensitive issue in china. but there have been other cases in recent times where they have gone after foreign policy elite of the united states. there was...
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it was the infantry units who had those units. in lebanon we were very much aware of many of them, women were the ones to smuggle but my male colleagues were not allowed to search them. my question in particular, mr. o'hanlon, i understand your suggestion about having women in the special forces but can we allow these units to operate without women? >> that is excellent question and extremely well-put. i think it's compelling, the argument that you made, that units doing these kind of operations need to have some women with them. another question becomes, do you, is the best way to do that to have women in the actual infantry platoon? or do you need to have a force structure built in such a way you have other people who are doing the raid with them or doing the search with them. but i think those are the two only two, the scenario you depict is hard to rebut. it is hard to refute. i think it is a pretty compelling argument. so clearly if you're doing some kind of searching of women you need women in your unit to do that. same thin
it was the infantry units who had those units. in lebanon we were very much aware of many of them, women were the ones to smuggle but my male colleagues were not allowed to search them. my question in particular, mr. o'hanlon, i understand your suggestion about having women in the special forces but can we allow these units to operate without women? >> that is excellent question and extremely well-put. i think it's compelling, the argument that you made, that units doing these kind of...
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explain this has nothing to this has nothing to do with the united states the united states has made loud and clear that it really wants to take a neutral position regarding think islands the u.s. pivot the rebalancing towards the asia pacific is one issue since a country die you dispute as another what the united states has declared is that whilst they are a neutral party in these in these tense disputes if japan feels obliged to take some kind of military action or react in some way the u.s. japan alliance kicks in and then the united states which would. align itself with japan ok minus let me going to take that to ok but the u.s. is involved in ok very much involved in let's go to philadelphia what do you think here we got to the pivot real early in this program i'm glad go ahead lynn go ahead well i would respectfully disagree with that assessment because i think u.s. is really behind this dispute the u.s. is playing off japan's fear of falling behind china or losing is primacy in asia and is also playing off the fear about in the asian nations towards a resurgent china so just v
explain this has nothing to this has nothing to do with the united states the united states has made loud and clear that it really wants to take a neutral position regarding think islands the u.s. pivot the rebalancing towards the asia pacific is one issue since a country die you dispute as another what the united states has declared is that whilst they are a neutral party in these in these tense disputes if japan feels obliged to take some kind of military action or react in some way the u.s....
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and it is these units here and there is one unit that faces directly north. we are looking. >> number 6? >> that is number 6. >> that is not my number 6. >> exhibit 6. it is not the exact same, but it is close, it has arrows pointing. >> no. >> okay. >> thanks. >> yeah. >> and both of the buildings on either side of this building are substan hally shorter so this is going to stick up and be as i said blocking those windows, it is not about views, it is strictly about light. >> okay. thank you. >> okay, we c
and it is these units here and there is one unit that faces directly north. we are looking. >> number 6? >> that is number 6. >> that is not my number 6. >> exhibit 6. it is not the exact same, but it is close, it has arrows pointing. >> no. >> okay. >> thanks. >> yeah. >> and both of the buildings on either side of this building are substan hally shorter so this is going to stick up and be as i said blocking those windows, it is not about...
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states house of representatives, members of the united states senate the speaker of the united states house of representatives and the president of the united states. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. >> everybody can take a seat. thank you. [applause] good morning and welcome to the united states capital. this is a red letter day for the american people and i'm glad that you are all here and are taking part in the celebration. since the era of reconstruction this chamber which once was the hall of the house of representatives, has become home to statues sent by the states. today we gather to dedicate a national statue of the late rosa louise parks in recognition of her many contributions to this nation and to the cause of freedom. it's the first statue of an african-american woman to be placed in this capital. [applause] [applause] we are honored today to be joined by the president of the united states and members of his administration. [applause] this is a homecoming of sorts for ms. spar
states house of representatives, members of the united states senate the speaker of the united states house of representatives and the president of the united states. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. >> everybody can take a seat. thank you. [applause] good morning and welcome to the united states capital. this is a red letter day for the american people and i'm glad that you are all here and...
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you know what kind of message is the united states sending the world. well it's not a good message at all i mean some people really approve off and some people don't really care less and there's love a confusion of by to but certainly i find in europe that there's a lot of descend a lot of complaints about what the united states is doing with what the cia is doing and i think is one of my real worries really is what's going on in the united states know this seems to be a change in presidential powers and the seem to be not you know who seem to be limitless of the moment and one example was when the libyan war would if you want to call it a war when when the libyan when the obama sent drones into libya. he didn't go back to congress under sixty days as he should have done under the war powers resolution and hurrell co his chief lawyer said well there was no commitment to american troops on the ground so we didn't need to does this mean the president can just go off killing people go to war war powers resolution all those sort of constraints that are in t
you know what kind of message is the united states sending the world. well it's not a good message at all i mean some people really approve off and some people don't really care less and there's love a confusion of by to but certainly i find in europe that there's a lot of descend a lot of complaints about what the united states is doing with what the cia is doing and i think is one of my real worries really is what's going on in the united states know this seems to be a change in presidential...
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in terms of the numbers of units on site. we will clearly you know, try to achieve the greatest number of units because that makes the greatest sense for us in terms of the economy of scale in terms of the particular development and so our goal will be to try to achieve the limit that you are authorizing at 150 for the site. and on that particular site. and that will be part of the request for proposals. and the i think that the only question, is really the question of timing in terms of the pipeline and you know all of the competing needs from on the housing trust fund but they are clearly very interested in this neighborhood. we don't have affordable housing in this immediate neighborhood now. we think that affordable housing is a public benefit that should be shared with all neighborhoods of san francisco and so we look forward to developing it on the site. >> thank you for that comment, as far as the architecture goes, i think that the skillfulness on how both projects are presented to including the detail and does not re
in terms of the numbers of units on site. we will clearly you know, try to achieve the greatest number of units because that makes the greatest sense for us in terms of the economy of scale in terms of the particular development and so our goal will be to try to achieve the limit that you are authorizing at 150 for the site. and on that particular site. and that will be part of the request for proposals. and the i think that the only question, is really the question of timing in terms of the...
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week after the american information security firm mandiant identified a secretive chinese military unit as the likely source of hacking against u.s. corporations a charge china vehemently denies. however as the u.s. refocuses its military might from the middle east to china's backyard critics say it's no coincidence that beijing is suddenly morphing into america's virtual al-qaeda i think this is part of what obama calls the asian habit which is really in china and this cyber thing is is fits right into that pattern i think what we're looking at is art of this obama pivot to focus on china and to paint china is the new military threat to the world it's a demonization china earlier this month u.s. president barack obama signed an executive order aimed at strengthening america's defenses when you know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mails we know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid our financial institutions our traffic control systems we cannot look back years from
week after the american information security firm mandiant identified a secretive chinese military unit as the likely source of hacking against u.s. corporations a charge china vehemently denies. however as the u.s. refocuses its military might from the middle east to china's backyard critics say it's no coincidence that beijing is suddenly morphing into america's virtual al-qaeda i think this is part of what obama calls the asian habit which is really in china and this cyber thing is is fits...
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just about the amount of a teaspoon less than a teaspoon full of dry anthrax in an envoy shutdown the united states senate iraq declared eighty five hundred liters of anthrax but unscom estimates that saddam hussein could have produced twenty five thousand liters it should come as no shock then that since saddam hussein forced out the last inspectors in one thousand nine hundred eighty we have amassed much intelligence indicating that iraq is continuing to make these weapons we know that iraq has at least seven of these mobile biological agent factories what followed this anthrax fear mongering was operation iraqi freedom that cost over eight hundred billion u.s. dollars thousands of american casualties over a million dead iraqis and of course no weapons of mass destruction to justify military occupation. lasted nearly nine years today history repeats itself as the well oiled gears of the american war machine singled out countries like iran north korea or targets obscure booky man in countries like yemen pakistan and mali so we have to ask ourselves if we as americans will ever learn from th
just about the amount of a teaspoon less than a teaspoon full of dry anthrax in an envoy shutdown the united states senate iraq declared eighty five hundred liters of anthrax but unscom estimates that saddam hussein could have produced twenty five thousand liters it should come as no shock then that since saddam hussein forced out the last inspectors in one thousand nine hundred eighty we have amassed much intelligence indicating that iraq is continuing to make these weapons we know that iraq...
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united the united kingdom yemen and other countries while president bush acknowledged that the cia had secretly detained about one hundred prisoners and this report alleges that there were more the u.s. government had only identified sixteen high value detainees italy is the only country where a court has criminally convicted officials for their involvement in extraordinary rendition operations canada is the only country to issue an apology to an extraordinary rendition victim here are our who was rendered to and tortured in syria only three countries in addition to canada and that have swayed in australia and the united kingdom have issued compensation hoops ordinary rendition victims this report is rife with human rights abuses and it's clear that high ranking bush administration officials bear responsibility for authorizing human rights violations and yet no one was prosecuted because the u.s. government has classified everything related to its torture practices any accusation would be dismissed on state secrets grounds. journalist and historian douglas valentine thinks that anti te
united the united kingdom yemen and other countries while president bush acknowledged that the cia had secretly detained about one hundred prisoners and this report alleges that there were more the u.s. government had only identified sixteen high value detainees italy is the only country where a court has criminally convicted officials for their involvement in extraordinary rendition operations canada is the only country to issue an apology to an extraordinary rendition victim here are our who...